I played this game and I don't understand it, what is the point ? honestly the performance of the narrator was amazing and was my favourite part of the game but otherwise I don't understand what the "message" is.

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and like, who is stanley ? who is the narrator ? how come stanley can hear narrator's voice ? if stanley is in a game and we are playing that game, then narrator should be in the game too, somehow he is in the game and not in the game at the same time ??

[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you're asking all these questions, you're trying too hard to "get" the game.

It's kind of a humor game, kind of a satirical take on how games in general just kind of expect you to follow along but in SP you can do all kind of "not what we're here for" shit like sitting in a closet for twenty minutes. Is it riveting gameplay? Not usually, but it was worth the $5 I paid for it. I certainly have gotten more than $5 of entertainment out of it.

Totally understand if that kind of game isn't everyone's cup of tea. I certainly wouldn't have played it in highschool. Or at least I'd be bored with it very quickly.

And with all the different paths in the game, replay is okay because you probably don't remember all of them.

[–] ShadowCat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

oh I didn't mean that I didn't enjoy it, I enjoyed it quite a lot it was a fun game and definitely worth playing. it's just that I felt like the game was trying to tell me something but I couldn't understand what. but I guess you're right

[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 1 points 5 months ago

If there's some deeper hidden meaning, I haven't found one. I never really felt like it was trying to tell me anything except maybe "don't take games too seriously"

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 months ago

i think the point of it is that theres no point

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 12 points 5 months ago

It's a fourth-wall breaking game, a game whose characters are aware that they're in a game. Their personalities, knowledge, and awareness change throughout the game and the consistency is limited to "pathes" that you take. The devs are playing with and making fun of the rules.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I don't know, the narrator tries too hard and is generally unfunny.